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    "id": 320821,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/320821/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Olago",
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        "legal_name": "John Olago Aluoch",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Ministerial Statement was sought as a result of the fact that bilateral funding to LEVMP has been misused on several occasions. Despite the complaints of Members of Parliament from around Winam Gulf – what used to be called Kavirondo Gulf - the programme still continues to misuse the funds to the extent that when hon. Orege asked in February before this House why the leadership in the local areas had not been involved, hon. Kajembe, the very able Assistant Minister--- Allow me to read from the HANSARD the response of hon. Kajembe to the concerns of the hon. Members. He said as follows:- “Wabunge wamelalamika kwa kusema zile kamati zingine hazikuwajulisha. Lakini sasa, mimi kama Waziri Msaidizi, nasema kwamba wakati huu, pesa hii ikija, badala ya Waheshimiwa Wabunge kuwachwa nje ya kamati, Wabunge watawakilishwa kikamilifu. Nimetoa amri hiyo, Bw. Spika na itafuatwa.” Then he went on to say:- “Ninakubaliana nao kwamba hawakushirikishwa wakati wa kutumika kwa pesa hizo. Hawakushirikishwa katika utendaji wa kazi hii. Lakini sasa ninawaahidi mimi mwenyewe kwamba wakati huu pesa zikiingia, nitawaita pamoja na tutawashirikisha. Msiwe na shaka juu ya jambo hili”. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, then the money came. This time LVEMP decided not to follow procurement procedures and tendered for some company from Nairobi and we complained. As a result LVEMP incited some members of the public to hold demos, indicating that Members of Parliament from around the gulf had stopped the funds from being used. This is the thrust of the matter. What are you doing to ensure that the funds allocated to LVEMP are used openly and transparently?"
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